Greenwood/W Lafayette

We finished up a big week of meets today with successes at W Lafayette Relays, running 8:09 in the 4x800 and 18:32 in the 4x1600. PRs went to Schmalfeldt in the 4x1600 (4:41), Marrero (who had the race of the day in the open 1600 in 4:44), Presnell in the 4x1600 (4:45), and Jones in the open 1600 (4:49). Evan Shuck also had a great race in the 3200, running right around 10:30 for the third time this season. Jason Crist had another stellar double 4:23/1:58 and Andrice Martin did too 2:00/51.6 to lead both relays.

On Thursday, we raced Greenwood. Getting wins for the Flashes were Matt Shaw (4:44 in the 1600), Andrew Schmalfeldt (10:29 in the 3200), and Jason Crist (1:58 in the Open 800).

The 4x800 team of Harrison, Nanavaty, Jones, and Presnell also held off a charging Greenwood team to get the W.

We now have 9 guys under 4:50 and 17 under 5:00!!!

Here is the updated "best" list for the 1600 (next meet is Monday on our home track vs. New Pal and Roncalli):

Crist 4:16 (Kentucky)

Martin 4:37 (Perry)

Harrison 4:41 (Perry)

Schmalfeldt 4:41 (W Lafayette)

Shaw 4:44.9 (Greenwood)

Marrero 4:44 (Pike)

Presnell 4:45 (W Lafayette)

Jones 4:49 (W Lafayette)

Shuck 4:49 (Miracle Mile)

Reed 4:52 (CG)

Dhadwal 4:53 (Anderson)

Nanavaty 4:55 (CN)

Hearrell 4:57.0 (CG)

Geisler 4:58 (Miracle Mile)

Butcher 4:58.6 (Greenwood)

McCauley 4:59 (Miracle Mile)

Hardimon 4:59 (Miracle Mile)

Webb 5:05.2 (Greenwood)

Simpson 5:07 (CG)

Wright 5:10 (Pike)

Lawrence 5:13 (Pike)

Minnis 5:13 (Pike)

LeWellen 5:16 (Pike)

DeWitte 5:19 (Pike)

Garner 5:23 (CG)

Emminger 5:28 (Pike)

Loeffler 5:33 (Perry)

Bishop 5:35 (Perry)

Oskins 5:38 (Perry)

Randall 5:43 (Pike)

Catlow 5:55 (Perry)

Johnson 5:58 (DC)

Settle 5:59 (DC)

Howlett 6:19 (CG)

Great Time to be a Flash!

Jason Crist broke the 9:00 barrier last week at the Arcadia Invitational in California. Jason now holds the school record in the event and is the 11th fastest runner in Indiana 3200M history!
























A full video of the race can be found by clicking here.

In additon, we have had many great performances including an 8:14 performance for our 4x800 team at the Flashes Showcase meet in which Andrice Martin split 1:58 then came back to run a 50.8 on the 4x400. Unofficially, I think this is the fastest 4x400 split in the history of distance runners at FCHS!


















At that same meet (last Friday) we had FIVE freshman run 5:00 or better in the 1600! Here are the fab 5 at the start of the race (Schmalfeldt, Shuck, Geisler, McCauley, and Hardimon):

















In addition to the guys that had the opportunity to run in the "big meets" listed above, we have had a number of incredible performances throughout our recent outdoor season. Here is the current FC "Leaderboard" for Distance events this season:

800 Open or Split:

Martin 1:58 (Miracle Mile)

Crist 1:58 (Bloomington South)

Harrison 2:04 (Miracle Mile)

Nanavaty 2:04 (Miracle Mile)

Presnell 2:04 (Miracle Mile)

Schmalfeldt 2:06 (Perry)

Wright 2:07 (CG)

Geisler 2:07 (CG)

Webb 2:07 (Perry)

Reed 2:10 (Kentucky)

Dhadwal 2:10 (CN)

Shaw 2:11 (Perry)

Marrero 2:11 (Pike)

Shuck 2:12 (Perry)

Simpson 2:12 (CN)

Hearrell 2:14 (Bloomington)

Jones 2:14 (CN)

McCauley 2:16 (CG)

Butcher 2:16 (Pike)

Hardimon 2:18 (CG)

Minnis 2:18 (Perry)

Garner 2:19 (Pike)

Oskins 2:21 (Mock)

Bishop 2:22 (CN)

Randall 2:26 (Perry)

Loeffler 2:27 (DC)

DeWitte 2:28 (Perry)

Lawrence 2:29 (Mock)

Settle 2:29 (CN)

LeWellen 2:35 (Mock)

Emminger 2:39 (Mock)

Johnson 2:45 (Trial)

1600M:
Crist 4:16 (Kentucky)
Martin 4:37 (Perry)
Harrison 4:41 (Perry)
Schmalfeldt 4:43 (Miracle Mile)
Shuck 4:49 (Miracle Mile)
Shaw 4:52 (Trial)
Marrero 4:52 (Pike)
Reed 4:52 (CG)
Jones 4:53 (Bloomington)
Dhadwal 4:53 (Anderson)
Nanavaty 4:55 (CN)
Geisler 4:58 (Miracle Mile)
McCauley 5:00 (Miracle Mile)
Hardimon 5:00 (Miracle Mile)
Hearrell 5:01 (CG)
Simpson 5:07 (CG)
Wright 5:10 (Pike)
Butcher 5:11 (Mock)
Lawrence 5:13 (Pike)
Minnis 5:13 (Pike)
LeWellen 5:16 (Pike)
DeWitte 5:19 (Pike)
Garner 5:23 (CG)
Emminger 5:28 (Pike)
Loeffler 5:33 (Perry)
Bishop 5:35 (Perry)
Oskins 5:38 (Perry)
Randall 5:43 (Pike)
Catlow 5:55 (Perry)
Johnson 5:58 (DC)
Settle 5:59 (DC)
Howlett 6:19 (CG)

3200 M:

Crist 8:59 (Arcadia)

Presnell 10:03 (Bloomington)

Harrison 10:20 (Bloomington)

Shaw 10:27 (Perry)

Shuck 10:28 (CN)

Dhadwal 10:51 (Kentucky)

Marrero 10:59 (Pike)

Butcher 11:03 (CN)

Hearrell 11:06 (CG)

Reed 11:07 (Pike)

DeWitte 11:34 (Anderson)

LeWellen 11:36 (CG)

Emminger 11:57 (CG)

Loeffler 11:59 (CG)

Webb 12:03 (Pike)

Randall 12:38 (CG)

As you can tell, it has been a great start to the outdoor season for the Flashes with a meet on Thursday vs. Greenwood, Saturday at West Lafayette, and then Monday vs. Roncalli and New Palestine to wrap up the "regular season."

Side note: if you have not been running it's time for parents and alumni to dust off the running shoes and begin training for the 2011 Fast Flash on Saturday May 14.